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Z

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B

A B W E

FORWAKDING AGENTS:

P. 0. Box 27^6

Napa,

California 9^558

Mrs.

Fay Bockhahn

Financial

Agent

Mr.

& Mrs. A1 Lyons

Public

Relations Agent

FiCKETT

EIKB

JUDITH L.

PICKETT,Secretary

Central Africa

Mission

Sinoia, Zimbabwe,

Africa

Therefore go

and

make disciples of all nations... Matthew 28:19

N

E

SLE T T£

Dear Christian Friends:

Much time has elapsed since my last newsletter and I

have

many things to tell you.

In December 1 returned to Indiana, stopping for speaking engagements and to visit with

friends on the

way. I was very happy

to

be

able

to

spend Chri stmas

with my family in

Ladoga.

For the

past several

years I

have

been

suffering from numbness

in

both hands,

with

the

pain growing

progressively

worse these

last

six

months.

It

was decided that I

needed

to have corpal

tunnel surgery

on both wrists, so on

January

Sixth I underwent surgery

in

Bloomington Indiana. I

was cared

for

by

the Nice

and

the Frasure fa milies for two

weeks,

then

returned to

my mother's

for the

remainder of

the six

week recuperation period. My

hands s i r e healing

quite well, but I

will

need to be careful for some time.

Word from the field is most encouraging. The Mission

at Chidamoyo has

reopened, the

hospital is also

open

as

a

clinic,

with Miss

Kathy

McCarty in

charge. Sin ce there

has not

been

any medical

care

in the

area

since

January 1979

they

are having

many, many

people

coming to the

clinic.

The first well-baby clinic was attended by 5^5 babies and the

second

by 385. Praise

the

Lord.

Mr.

Hugh

Fender

and his

wife also live

at

the

Mission

and Mr. Fender oversees the

maintenance work

and the

Evangelistic work

of the Mission.

Bro.

Dale

Msirshall

still has the

responsibility

of all the Shona

speaking

work and

the English speaking work

dn

Sinoia. Because

of his

great need

of

assistance, I have

decided, after much prayer,

to

return

to

Sinoia an d help

him

with

the

Sinoia Mission work.

Bro.

Marshall

\^ites

that a plan ning meeting was

held

with the eight

Native Evangel

ist and they

have

made

extensive plans involving my

secretarial skills

hey

will be

writing

sermon outlines,

lesson materials. Lord's

Supper

meditations, leadership train

ing

lessons,

and

other materials for

use in

the

local churches.

This will be

translated

in

the

Shona Language and

I will then type, mimeograph and compile

all

materials for

distribution.

This is indeed

a challenging

t e i s k

and I am excited about it and about

being able to

serve

the Lord

in

this evangelistic

work.

Our eight

Evangelists

will

then

distribute

and teach these materis0.s

in

the local churches.

The full responsibility,

f i n a n c i a l l y

£ f t l l s upon Bro. Marshall (along with Bro.

DeLaughter of

Karoi)

of paying the evangelists,

providing

a

motorcycle

for each

one,

plus

a

l^drover

for

their

cpmbined use, petrol (gasoline) and

repairs. The average

s a l a r y

of

t h e

e v a n g e l i s t

is

i l 6 0 . 0 0

U . S .

a

m o n t h .

A l s o all t h e g e n e r a l e x p e n s e of t h e

mission work is

upon his

shoulders. Bro. Marshall is in need of

any

financial help

that

I can give him, s c s the

Lord willing,

my

service link

will increase enough to

assist him in

this

most needed work.

I have also

made

the

decision to regain

custody

of

y two foster daughters

when

I

return. Because

of

this

responsibility I

have

endeavored

to

raise $150.00 - $200.00

U.S.

a

month for the support of each girl. As of this

writing

the

Lord

has provided

s u p p o r t f o r o n e g i r l .

I w o u l d

e n c o i i r a g e

y o u

t o

m a k e t h i s a

p r a y e r

p r o j e c t t h a t

t h e

total amount will

b e

provided.

They

a r e

n o w

in

Form

#5

(grade

10)

of

High

School.

Kina, the eldest, is to have minor surgery on April

1st

for a growth on her shoulder.

Your prayers on her behalf will be much a ppr eciated.


2/14

FIRST

CHRISTIAN

CHURCH

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I have

had a few speaking engagements h

a

good

rest and visiting

relatives

and frien

The Lord

willing, I

will

leave

Indianap

day layover

in

Brussels^

Belgium I

ill arriy

to take up the work again in Sinoia.

e

worth while furlough. The field is

still

few .

I

sk that you pray for new missionak

are still laboring

in

Zimbabwe.

God

bless you each

one.

re

in

Indiana but mainly I have enjoyed

ds.

olis

on Sunday May

2nd and

after

a

two

e

in Zimbabwe on

May 5th. I

am anxious

I

ish to thank everyone in all the churches who have helped

to make this a

most

[hite

unto the

harvest

and the laborers are

ies to sissist those who have labored and

In Christian

Love

MISS JUDY


3/14

Z

IM WE

FORWARDING

AGENTS:

P.

0.

Box

2746

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9^558

Mrs.

Fay Bockhahn

Financial Agent

Mr. &

Mrs. A1 Lyons

Public

Relations

Agent

PM HETT

EIN

JUDITH L.

PXCKETT,

Secretary

Central

Africa Mission

Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, Africa

Therefore

go and

make

disciples

of

all nations... Matthew 28:19

JUNE NB/SLETTER

1982

DEAR CHRISTIAN FRIĤ DS:

Greetings,

once

again, from Zimb abwe. Just throe weeks ago, this

Wednesday, X

arri ved back in this country and have been

very

busy getting b ack

into

the groove .

I

was met at the

airport

by

21 fri ends and

it

was a joyous reunion

with my

foster

daughters,

my

little

African

family, and fellow workers here.

Several

changes have

been

made in the country since

I

left, one

of

which has

been

the

changing of

the names

of

cities

and

towns.

I

flew into Harare

instead of

Salisbury

and

c me

home to Chinhoyi instead of Sinoia. So if you are writing

to

me be sure to

change

the .name

of Sinoia to

Chinhoyi. (Chin -oi-ee).

I

was able to rest

and

find my earth legs for the rest of the week after arrival ,

but then started

into the

work the following Monday, as Mr. Marshall

was so

pressed

for

help. I am

enjoying

it tremendously and

praise

the Lord for bringing me back

to

this

lovely

country

to

serve Him. Unfortunately, there seems to

be

a shortage of houses

to

rent,

although there

are

many to

buy.

My name has been on every rental

list in town

since the first of the year, but nothing has become available

yet.

I do have first

prior ity over a house that

is

coming

up

for rent

in

August, but am praying that some

thing will open up sooner.

In the

meantime

Mr. and Mrs. Mardiall are graciously sharing their lovely home

with me. They

have

a

big

guest

room

with private bath on the top floor, right next

to

our office. At least

I

don't have

far to

walk

to

work. But My

Girls are very

anxious

to

come home to Auntie and Auntie is very anxious to get them back. They have turned

into

beautiful young ladies

in

my absence

and are

a joy to my heart.

I have now

gotten

back fully

into

the work of Hillside Chapel with the

young

people.

I began their Wednesday night Bibl e study this week with 12 High School age young people

present.

This

is an

increa® of7 over

what

they had

been having

in

my absence. Then

Sunday evening

the youth group

met

with me

and

we

had

1^ in attendance.

They are really

glad to be able

to

have

their own group again.

I also returned to work with the little Sunday

School at

Lomagundi

School on

Sunday

afternoons. The head master's wife hais been struggling

along i n . . m y

absence

with

very

little

help. Althoiigh in

the

last

school term the

High

School

Touth

from Hillside Chapel

were assisting her. I was thrilled

to

have

20

little

ones

present the first meeting.

The school now has several African students, as well as coloureds, so

there

were some

of them

present

as well.

While

I

was

home

I

sent them some supplies to use for the Sunday School.

I

had sent

pencils

which had Happy

Birthday oa*, verses of Scripture on

them to be

given

to e®;h

child

who has

a

birthday. The

children

were

deeply distressed when those penci ls

were stolen.

They have been playing

detective

to see if

they can find

the thief.

That was

all that

was taken fortunately, but the little

children

do love

those

pencils. If

you would

be

interested

in

supplying

some

more

pencils,

to

replase the stolen ones,

please

send them

to

my -Foiwarding agents,

Mr.

Mrs. Lyons, and

they will

pack and ship them on

to

me.


4/14

FIRST

CHRISTIAN CHURCH

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books and crayolas are needed.

If you would

them

directly to me as

follows:

Also, items

such as Bible

games,

articles suitable

for

prizes, reli gious coloring

like

to

help with these, you could

send

Label

outside of the box as

GIFTS

NOT ICR

RESALE

and address them

to

Judy Pickett, P. 0. Box 3 92,

Chinhoyi,

Zimbabwe,

Africa.

Send large

packages surface

mail

as pos

children, and forbid them

not,

to come unto

Matt.

19:1^

age

is

very e s t p e n s i v e .

Suffer

little

me for of such

is

the kindom of

heaven .

I

have not yet been able to visit C h i d a i t

July 3rd

and

4th.

The out-patient clinic

is

yet opened as a fully operating hospital,

r a

the

States

for

furlough and

Mr.

and

Mrs.

replace

them at

Chidamoyo for the next

6 o :

o

I continue to

covet

your prayers

on

beh

plentiful but the laborers are fev^.

I

wish

i n t h e

S t a t e s

s u c h a n e n j o y a b l e o n e

a n d

m a y

p

to bless us

as

we a i l l labor together for His

yo

Mission,

but have plans to do

so

on

full

every day, but the

hospital

has not

and Mrs

Hugh Pender have

returned to

lin have again returned to Zimbabwe

to

hs

to one year.

f the

work here.

The harvest is

to

thank

all of

you who made my furlou^

od

bless

you. And may the

Lord

continue

Kingdom.

In Christ,

MISS

JUDY PICKETT

A NOTE TO ALL 'WHO

CORRESPOND

WITH JUDY:

The mail coming into Zimbabwe

is

being

mentioning any monetary figures

of any kind,

privacy is concerned. V e

have

to

be very

c a i f

i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h i s , p l e a s e f e e l f r e e t o

c o z ^

Lyons

(224-2172).

Or

you can write

to

e i t h e i f

9pened regularly, so be very

careful

about

Things are very

bad

here

again

as far as

eful what we say. Anyone wishing

further

i a c t

Fay B o c k h a h n (224-1909) or M a e

Evelyn

one at

P.

0. Box

2746,

Napa,

CeOLif.

94558.


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ZIM WE

FORWARDING AGENTS:

P. 0. Box 27A6

Napa, California 9^558

Mrs. Fay Bockhahn

Financial

Agent

Mr.

&

Mrs. A1 Lyons

Publ ic

Relations Agent

PI K TT

tPg

JUDITH

L. PIGKLTT, Secretary

Central

Africa Mission


Therefore go and

make

disciples

of all

nations.

.. Matthew 28:19

AUGUST

NEWSLETTER 1982

DEAR CHRISTIAN FRIENDS:

It is

time

to send

you

a

bit of

news

from

Zimbabwe.

While

you are nice

and warm

in

mid-summer, we are

a bit

on

the

cold side in mid-winter.

A

few of our nights do get

down

to

28

degrees, but the da ys are sunny

and

warm.

Since last writing to you,

I

have moved from the Marshal l residence into a house of

my

own on a temporary basis. Then

in

the midd le of August I will

move

again , hopefully,

my last

move for

the rest of my

term

here. Housing is

a

great

problem

here, as in the

States, but through

members

of

our Hillside Chapel Church, the

Lord has provided for me.

It

was a joyous day

when

I could, once again, get y two foster daughters back( and

my cat

and y bird). The girls

were

very anxious to return to me after our many

months

of separation. After

living in

a

home

where there were 5

dults and mall

children

sharing

three

bedrooms and one bath, they are happy

to

have their

own

separate rooms.

My

girls are now

in

Form

3

of High School and are

doing

very well in their studies.

We

were all

quite disturbed

last week as the school was closed

down

by a race riot. However,

after one week the government repr iman ded the trouble makers and reopened the school.

We

pray that the

school

can continue now with the business of educating our children.

I spent

two

days, June Ath and 5th, at

Chidaraoyo

Mission helping with the well-baby

clinic and visiting old friends. The hospital is

operating

as

a

clinic under the super

vision of Kathy McCart y. Much preparation is being made toward re-opening as a

full

hospital

soon. Praise

the Lord for

this

wonderful work.

The

work

here in

Chinhoyi

(Sinoia) is

going

nicely. Mr. Marshall is keeping me

very

busy

S S

secretary. I am in the pr ocess of typing a series of sermons on Through the Bible

and

this will

be

translated into the Shona langusige for the use of our African evangelist.

The European work at Hillside Chapel stays steady. Several new people have

been

attending, but we have

also lost

some who have

left

the

country.

I am pr esently working

to

develop a puppet ministry with our High

School

youth. We are making puppets, writing

plays and building a theater. When

all this

is finished, I

hope

to utilize the youth in

presenting plays to my little Lonagiindi Sunday School, as well

as

at Hillside Chapel. Our

group

at Hillside

Chapel is

averaging

12 in attendance,

both on Wednesday evening a nd

Sunday

evening.

Our attendance

is climbing at

the

Lonsigundi Sunday School and we

now

are having

between

50 and 35 each

Sunday.

Again,

I

say Praise the Loid for this.

Our African

evangelist

continue to go out as teams,

visiting

the

bush

country. At

present

they are

concentrating

on Leadership

training . Our funds

are

very limited,

as

Mr. Marshall has the full financial

burden

of

providing

for

them.

To

date

y service

link funds have not

increased

enough for

me to

be

of any help to

him

in

a

financial

way,

but I

do

hope to be able to contribute to

the

general

mission

e:q)ense, such as

evangelist

salaries, travel, etc.

Dear friends,

I

sincerely thank

you

for

your

support an d

concern,

to

bless

as

we co-labor for Him in this country.

In His Name,

MISS JUDY

May God continue

(over for

financial

report,

please)


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FINANCIilL REPORT

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Box 392

Zimbabwe

Service

Link

-

a y i

All amounts listed in Zimbabwean Currency.

1.3202 in July.

(Judy has two

foster daughters whom

she

support through

her

service

link,

only $100.00 U.S.

now

comes in for

their

suipport

expense

for the girls

out

of her

personal income

from the service link funds.)

1982

to

July 2 ^ ^ ,

1982

E i x c h a n g e rate varies from I.36I9

in May

to

At present

Judy assumes food and boarding

School

e:q>en8es,

clothing, etc. comes

INCOME - hrough July 2 f t h

May 1st

bsdance

carried forward:

M a y 7 t h d e p o s i t ( J u d y r e t u r n e d

I f r

June 27 deposit

( 300.00 U.S.)

July

23

eposit ( ^50»00 U.S.)

EXPENSE-May thru July 2^th

Petrol

(gasoline)

r S ^ l i f r l

t r a v e l e q > e n s e - i c e c ^ e , i n s u r a n c e ,

School supplies

School fees

(2

terms)

Pocket

money

and savings

(3 onths

Clothing

for girls

Postage and box rental

Moving e^ense

Bank

charge

Display and promotion supplies

R o o m a n d b o a r d

(girls)

p r i o r

to

m j j v i n g

into o u r

h o u s e )

My personal rent (no house)

Refrigeration

repair

Rent

-

/2

of June and all of July

Bible Study Book

Dues Ladies

meeting

R e g r i s t r a t i o n for

M i s s i o n

M e e t i n g j

(Service IdmE)

£3q>ense

$

10.16

o | m U.S. - 900.99

U.S.)

659.99

375.9^

3^.86

»a355?95-

income:

1,386.95

July bsilance

86.87

208.56

15.99

66.00

53.75

81.63

19.60

37.82

.42

49.99

100.00

28.70

144.00

175.00

1.00

2.00

12.00

1,083.32 lt083.32

303.63


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I M B A

B W

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PiCKBTT

LtnfB

JUDITH L. PICKETT, Secretary

Central Africa Mission


Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, . Matthew

28:19

DECEMBER NEWSLETTER

1982

Dear Christian Friends:

Time

has

again flown by and I find myself

neglecting

to write the

newsletter

and I

do

want

to

bring you

up

to

date on

our work here

for

the Lord#

First of all I want you to rejoice

with us in

the

saving

of two precious souls.

Granny Mayer,

a

sweet

little

lady who lives

in our

local

retirement

center,

came to

our

Lord a few weeks ago. I have had the privilege

of

going out each Sunday

morning

and

bringing

Granny to Church, as the other lady

who

had

been

picking

her

up was having car

trouble. I learned to

love her

dearly

and she

took

^ecial psdns

to make friends with

my two girls, Kina and Irene, ô lso learned to love her. One

particular

Sunday she

seeded very sad about

something,

or distraught, and she asked Dale to come and visit her.

On Wednesday

night

he reported that Granny had been

baptized

that

afternoon

and was over

joyed

to

be

in

the family

of

God. Granny was

95

years old

on December

2nd. Praise the

Lord.

Also

a

family in our

church

has

been

praying

for the husbemd's mother for several

years,

that ê

too

might

have the joy

of

knowing our

Lord.

During

a

recent visit with

them, she also was

baptized

by

Bro. Marshall.

This

dear

soul

is

85

years

of

age. We

all rejoice that these

two

precious

ones

are ready to meet their Saviour.

Secondly, I ave been blessed

this school

term with the little

Sunday School

that

I

direct

at Lonagundi Primary

School.

Ihi8 school had in

the

past been

predominately

coloured (mixed

blood),but.this

year

is predominately

black African

students.

At the

beginning of

the

term I sent out letters

to

the parents, thanking them

for

sending their

children to S unday School and inviting

those

who did not send their children, to do so

this

third

term of

school...August through December. Little did I now then what

God

had

in

store for us.

X

have been running

a

contest with the children

to

encourage

attendance (Bible reading and memory work). Our first Simday of the term we had

69

and

that has gradually

built

up each Sunday and have averaged 73 or several weeks. Then

this

past Siinday I was overjoyed when

80

children arrived.

We have been studying the

old testament

story of Moses that I have been

illustrating

wit flannelgraph. With an age range of

2

years to 15 years,

this

is the most effective

way

of

teaching

them,

as there are

only two of us that are able to teach.

While

the

Head

master's wife (principal

of the school) reads

the Scripture

story, I

llustrate

with

the

flannelgraph. The younger children are then dismissed to color and have a cool

drink

and I quiz the

older children over

the lesson.

On December

5th,

last Sunday in this term,

we

are

planning

a

closing

program. One

of the men in the Hillside Chapel is a Gideon and

he

has secured 80 New Testaments, which

will

be

given out to the school-age children at that

time.

Many of

you

have sent Sunday School articles to be used for awards and teaching

tools.

For

these

things we are so

very

thaiikful.

nie birthday pencils

are a real

as

the

children t̂ove to come up and put their pennies in

the

Birthday

offering

and then they

receive their very own pencil that says "Happy Birthday".

This

might seem such a simple

little thing to you in America, but to these under-privileged children',

it

is a goldmine.

s i y

God bless you richly for

helping to

make these

children

happy

in the Lord.

ver


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Our African

Work

is going well. We are

gelist and their families. Mr Marshall has

planning for the I6

adults

and 33 children

t

gelist

all

have

large

families.

I

am

looking

evangelists, but have jus t met two of the wive

had the opportunity

to

meet them

all.

] p l a n n i n g a C h r i s t m a s b a n q u e t for the Evan-

a ^ c e d me to head up the k i t c h e n crew and menu

t will be attending. It seems our Evan-

forward to this, as I know all of the

t s

so

far. After

the banquet I

will

have

to

This is the plowing and planting seas on

in other

areas and

have gone home this month

carrying

on

leadership training in

the

area

ch

tremendous blessing

in

time

to

come.

d

many

of

our men have their own villages

set their fields in order. They are still

.^ches

and

we feel

this

is

going to

be

a

December 20th our Hillside Chapel Youth

the elderly and needy of our chu rch. The Tout

makes

us

sad, but

when ve realize

that the

on

College, then

we rejoice. This,

after

all, is

young

men

and women willing to serve the Lord

We are all looking forward to our Youth

Tim

Sandefur, a young man

from Earlington

period of ears in this country. We are pr

ministry.

T

oup plan on delivering goodie boxes to

Group is decreasing in number and this

we are losing are

all

going to Bible

our goal, that they will

all

be Christian

^ong

t h e i r

o w n

p e o p l e .

d

Assistant

Minister coming in

January.

Kentucky,

has

been called to serve for a

Ing for his safe arrival and for

a

good

Now, on the personal sid e. My girls are'bus y studying for their Form II final exams

in High School. They begin November 26th and imd on December 2nd. Irene celebrated

h er

15th

birthday in September

and Kina

celebrated

growing

u p and everyday they become

more

and more of

a

blessing to me. In

January

they

w i l l

e g i n

F o r m I I I o f

H i g h S c ho ol , s o w e a r e

g i v i n g

m u c h

t h o u g h t t o

t h e i r f u t u r e .

We

have

a ew member in our family—a o i j i r month old Alsation (German

Shepherd) og.

He is a joy, a terror, a guard dog, and a

bundle of

fun all rolled into one. If

Mom

P i c k e t t

c a n

j u s t

m a k e

i t

t h r o u g h

h i s p u p p y h o o d [

h e

w i l l

b e

a n e x c e l l e n t

p e t .

Financially, I ish to thank you each

and

this year

of

1982. There

have been times

when

for

the

things

we

needed.

Mission-%rise,

our

most necessary, but both

Bro.

Marshalls and my

These men

get

the bare

minimum

salary and if

L o r d to s u p p l y t h e i r n e e d s , I m

a f r a i d

m a n y o j

God

that they

are

all

so

dedicated

to

His work

everyone

for

your

faithful

support

during

the going was rou^, but God always

provided

ted to

increase the Evangelist salaries is

Service Links are stretched to

the limit.

Ley were

not

Christians

and

trusting the

them would look for richer fields. Thank

O n c e again,

I

end y o u my g r a t e f u l t h a n k s ^d

p p r e c i a t i o n for

the w o n d e r f u l way y o u

s u p p o r t m e p r a y e r f u l l y , s p i r i t u a l l y a n d

f i n a n c i i a l l y .

I w i t ^ y o u

a

j o y o u s a n d b l e s s e d

Christmas

and a

most

happy and

prosperous

New Year.

I

ontinue to pray for you and your

c h u r c h t h e r e

i n

A m e r i c a ,

a n d

I

c o v e t

y o u r

p r a y e r s

f o r

t h e w o r k

o f

t h e L o r d h e r e

in

Z i m b a b w e .

IN CHRISTIAN

LOVE,

JUDY

PICKETT


9/14

ZI A^BABWE

Near

the southern tip of the continent

of

Africa is the country of Zimbabwe.

You

m i g i i t recognize it better i f i t were cal led

by its

old name

of

Rhodesia

but

i t is

a

newly independent

country

with its own government.

During

the

change

over

of

rule

in

the country

in

1979/80 the

country was

known by four different

names in

a twelve

month

period. First

it

was Rhodesia, then Zimbabwe Rhod esia, then

for

a very brief time i t went back to Southern Rhod esia and

final

ly became the new

nation

of

Zimbabwe.

This l

ittle country is about

2/5rds

the size of the

State

of Texas and

has

a population

of

approximately 7,5 mi

l

ion people.

Its capital

city, Harare,

formerly

cal led Sal isbury has a population

of

^

mi

l l ion and is

the

admi nistrative, judicial and communications

centre

of the

country. It

is

populated

by

l

l races of people

and is

a

spacious, modern

city where a

visitor

may

enjoy

l l the comforts expectea of a r n o e r n

city.

One

of the

glories

of

Harare is

the display of colour afforded by the flowering trees

whici. ine

tne

streets. Jacarandas

are

a beautiful

l i lac color,

t he bri l l iant

red

flamboyants,

the yel

low

spathodias, and the

beautiful white

and purple flower of the bauhinias

tr

Approximately 330

ki

lometers from the capitol

of

Zimbabwe is the Great

Zimbabwe

which

for

over

100

years

has

been

described

as

One

of

Africa's

greatest

mysteries and

'the

age-old riddle' . The ruins of The Great Zimbabwe were

known

to

have existed

as

early as 1862

but

are

bel ieved to

have

flourished from AD 1200

to 1450 as a thriving

community.

Travel ing

some 130

ki

lometers north

of

Harare

through an

interesting

combination

of

bushveld and

highly developed farming country, crossing a range

of

hi

l ls

known

as the Great

Dyke one comes

to the town of Chinhoyi (previously

cal led Sinoia). This is

the town

i n

which

Dale

and

Linda

Marshal

have ived

for

some

17 years. Chinhoyi is a fast-developing centre

of

an important farming

and

mining

area.

Zimbabwe's Victoria

F al l s is

one

of

the largest

and most beautiful

water

fal ls in the world. Here the Zambeze

River,

the

only

major river in

Africa

to

flow eastwards

to the

Indian Ocean widens

to

1700 metres and plunges into a vertical

chasm across its complete width. The force

of the

fal l ing water-545 mi

l l

ion l itres

per minute during the

flood

season

sends

clouds of spray high into the

sky

often

reaching

over

500

metres

h ig h.

Zimbabwe's

biggest charm is its large population

of

wi ld animals

from the

mighty Elephant- to the tiny dieker

(smal

l

deer

type

animal )

. 44,688 square

k i lometres

or over I

percent

of its

land

has been set

aside as parks

and wi ld

l

ife estates. The country

is prol ific with birds

of every species

and

is a bird

watcher's

para d ise.

In

contrast to

the modern cities

the bush

vel d is po pu la t e d

by

the African

people

who l ive

in pole

and mud huts topped by thatched

roofs. As one drives

down a bush

road

you

can see

vi l lages of peopl e do t t e d over

the

hi l lsides and

f i e l d s

closer

to

the

road.

An African vi

l

lage may consist

of

one fami ly, a

mother,

a

father

and

chi

l dren or

it

may

encompass

the entire

fami

ly

of

grandparents,

aunts'

and uncles and cousins occupying from

10 to

50 huts. Mothers can be

seen going

about their d ai

ly

chores

with

a

bundle

on

t r i e i r

neads and a

baby

t ie d

securely

OR

t h e i r

backs. Ch i l dr e n can be seen hurrying

a long t h e

road

to

the locah school

or

lazi ly herding

a

h e r d

of

cattl e in the pasture. Ol de r girls can

be

seen doing

the

fami ly

washing in a nearby river

or carrying

large buckets

of

water

back

to

the vi l lage for d ai

ly

use.

Men can

be

seen supervising the work

in

the f i e l d s or

lazi ly si

tting around the open fire in the center

of

t he vi

l

lage talking over the

business

of t h e

day.


10/14

p 2 IMBABWE

f you were

to

stop at

a

vi

lage you would be received with great joy

and

treated

with sincere hospital ity. You would be offered tea and bread or

perhaps a

meal of

sadza

and

rel

ish. Sadza

is a

stiff corn meal

porridge

which

is

eaten with the fingers

and

dipped

into a bowl

of

rel

ish

which

might be

a

green vegetable cooked with tomato

and

onion or on

special

occasions, a

meat rel ish

also

cooked

with tomato

and onion wi

be served .

The language of the black African people in our area is Shona.

Engl

ish

is a

required subject in al

schools

from

2nd grade upwards and

thus many of

the

Africans

can speak

at least

two languages and

some

can speak several

dialects

of

the Shona language.

As

a new.nation, Zimbabwe is

experiencing

many changes and the future looks

very hopeful

for

the continuation of the growth of the

Lord's work.

\


11/14

HUR HES

Some people t h i n k

t h a t there o r t -

s t i l l only

black

Af ri cans l

i v i n g

i n Zimbabwe

who

speak only

t h e i r own

language,

which i s

Shona.

B u t there are many

whi te

p e o p l e also

l

i v i n g

i n

Z i m b a b w e

a n d

m a n y A f r i c a n s w h o

s p e a k E n g l

i s h . T h e m i s s i o n a r i e s

working i n Zimbabwe n o t

only

work

with

t h e bush c h u r c h e s b u t many o f them

have

establ ished work

with

E n g l i s h

speaking congregations i n

t h e

ci ties

i n

whi ch t h e y l i v e .

I n

Harare,

t h e c a p i - t o l c+ty, Zimbabwe Christian

C o l

l e g e

hosts t h e Congregation

of

t h e

H a t f i e l d C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h w h e r e B r o . Ja c k P e n n i n g t o n s e r v e s a s P r e s i d e n t of

the

C o l l e g e a n d M i n i s t e r t o t h e c o n g r e g a t i o n . O n t h e no r t h

side

o f

Harare

i s t h e

Greencroft cong reg ation.

Where

ever a missionary i s settled i n a

city

h e u s u a l l y

w o r k s w i t h t h e

local

c h u r c h t h e r e . T h e Engl

ish

s p e a k i n g c o n g r e g a t i o n in

C h i n h o y i

w a s f i r s t s t a r t e d

i n 1966

b y Dale

Linda

M a r s h a l l whe n they

first c ame

t o

Zimbabwe.

Bro . D a l e

h a s

s e r v e d a s

t h e m i n i s t e r

for

t h e c o n g r e g a t i o n

s i n c e

t h a t t i me b u t ju s t

r e c e n t l y t h e c h u r c h s t e p p e d o u t o n f a i * t h a n d h i r e d

t h e i r

o w n Y o u t h M i n i s t e r . T h i s

w a s

the first

time the co ngre gatio n

has paid

their own ministe r a s they

now

pay the

Youth Minister's salary, p a y his rent o n a n

apartment,

h a v e purchased a c a r f o r h i m

a n d a r e p a y i n g

h i s

t r a v e l i n g e x p e n s e s . T i m

S a n d e f u r

f r o m E a r l

i n g t o n , K e n t u c k y

i s

t h e Y o u t h M i n i s t e r a n d

h a s a c c e p t e d

t h e

p o s i t i o n f o r

5

y e a r s .

One o f t h e biggest problems

i n

t h e

w o r k

o f t h e E n g l

i s h Speaking congregation

is t h a t

the

English spe aking

people

move

aro und

a l o t a n d

t hus the people

a r e

constantly changing.

W h e n

s o m e o n e

m o v e s a w a y h o w e v e r t h e r e i s u s u a l

l y a n e w

f a m i

l y

t h a t moves

i n

t o

take

their place. Because the

members

of the

H i

l lside

Chapel

move

a

lo t,

we h a ve

C h r i s t i a n s

f rom here

i n c o u n t r i e s a l

l a r ou n d

t h e w o r l d

i n C a n a d a , A r n e r i c a ,

A u st r a l i a ,

England

and

South Africa.

The

C h u r c h h a s

a l s o

f i v e of

its

young

people

i n

Bible

C o l l e g e

here

i n Zimbabwe

and

some h ave

gone

to

America

to enter

Bible Co

Ieges there

In

t h e A f r i c a n s e c t i o n

of C h i n h o y i t h e r e

is a l s o a c h u r c h f o r t h o s e S h o n a

speaking p e o p l e . O n e o f

t h e A f r i c a n e v a n g e l i s t ,

M r . S i b a n d a

i s t h e

p r e a c h e r

f o r

this c o n g r e g a t i o n .

C h i n h o y i M i s s i o n also works w i t h s o m e 45 b u s h churches. T h e s e a r e congregations

i n v o l v i n g

t h e

people

t h a t

i v e out i n

t h e i r

h o m e

v i

ages i n t h e

b u s h

a n d p e a s a n t

f

a r m i

n g areas. Our f i v e African E v a n g e l ists t r a v e l f r om t me to t me to t hese

congregations m e e t i n g w i t h

t h e

l e a d e r s

o f

t h e c h u r c h e s a n d h o l d i n g seminars a n d

l e a d e r s h i p t r a i n i n g

c l a s s e s . M a n y

o f

t h e s e c o n g r e g a t i o n s

d o

n o t h a v e

a b u i l d i n g

to m e e t

in

b u t

wi

l

l

o f t e n

mee t

i n

a v i

l

l a g e ,

a s c h oo I a n d

m o st

i

k e I y

j u s t

h o

d

their s e r v i c e s

out

under a large

s h a d e

tree. Some of

these c h u r c h e s a r e

located

q u i t e f a r

f r o m a n

a c c e s s i b l e

r o a d a n d a r e r e a c h e d

e i t h e r

b y

b i c y c l e ,

o r

w a l k i n g

t h r o u g h t he

b u s h .

f r e a c h e d b y r o a d ,

t h e

r o a d

i s

o f t e n j u s t

t w o

t i r e t r a c k s

w i t h

the g r a s s

t a l

l e r than the vehicle on either

side

o f the

r o a d .

D u r i n g t h e w a r t i m e w h e n t h e m i s s i o n a r i e s w e r e f o r c e d

t o

l e a v e t h e C h i d a m o y o

area,

the churches i n t h e Chidamoyo a r e a as

w e l

a s t h o s e around C h i n h o y i v / e r e

s u p e r v i s e d

f r o m C h i n h o y i

T h e r e

a r e

t w o

e v a n g e l i s t

w o r k i n g w i t h C h i d a m o y o

a t

t h e

p r e s e n t

t i m e , o n e

m a i n l y w i t h t h e p a t i e n t s a t

t h e

h o s p i t a l a n d t h e o t h e r w i t h

the

local

churches

There are many opportunities

a n d

open doors

t o t h e

Lord's work

i n

Zimbabwe

n o w a n d t h e

p e o p l e

a r e

a n x i o u s

a n d

g r a t e f u l t o

h a v e t h e

g o s p e l

p r e a c h e d i n t h e i r

areas


12/14

EVANGELISTS -GROVES

In

the Chin hoyi Christian Mission we work with 5

ful

l-time African Evangel ists

who travel

among

their own people preaching and teaching

the Gospel

.

They

try

to

visit each

of

the

43

bush

churches

on

a

monthly basis encouraging the

members

and

leaders

o

the

church.

Most of these eva ngel ists l

ive

in town but travel

to

the

churches b y mea ns of a motorcycle. The

Chinhoyi

Christian Mission suppl ies

and maintains six

motorcycles

for these Evangel ists. Because of the

rough

roads

that

many of them have

to travel he

machines are in constant need of repair.

In the past 5 ears, the evangel

ists

have col

lectively

traveled over 180,000

mi les on motorcycle-

In

March

of 1983

Mr. Mrs.

Stan Grove

arrived

in Zimbabwe

to

work in any

way they could be of use for six

months.

Mr. Grove is a mechanic and has taken

over the servicing of al l the mission motorcycles and vehicles which

is

a

tremendous help. Not onl y does it save time but it saves

the

expense

of labor

in

the garages to

have them

fixed.

In 1982 and 1983

the

EvangeI ists have

been

working as teams

of three

going

out

into the bush areas and

holding

seminars and leadership training classes for

each

of the churches. The mission covers the

expense

of their travel but the

local

church they

are

visiting

takes

care of their

food

and

place

to

sleep.

On e

evangel ist, Godfree Marisa, l ives in his home vi l lage and works with the people

of

his

own area. Our other evangeI

ists,

Vanga Sixpence,

Shockson

Sibanda,

Michael George and Cephas Bere al ive

in

Chinhoyi, Chegutu and Gokwe and

work

with the churches

in

those

areas.

Plans are

being

made to hold women's seminars, leadership training

classes

and youth meetings during 1983 in al

areas.

The

work

of

the evangel ist is very

important.

They know the

people,

their

thoughts, their language,

their

customs,

their problems,

their fears and can be

far more ef fective

than

the missionary in meeting their spiritual nee ds. Without

them our efforts would

be

very l

imited.

The

evangel

ists are dedicated men Just

like

the

ministers in the

U.S.A.

They could earn far

more money

and enjoy a far

easier l ife. By being a

Christian

they

often

find

themselves breaking

African

rel

igious traditions and placed

in a

very difficult position

with their

own

fami

l ies who are not Christians.

Some

of the problems they face are

witchcraft, pol

igamy, tribal customs,

and language

barriers.

We

have

people

in our

area who speak

four di f ferent

languages. They

deal

with people

who

have never

been to school

and can not

read or write and with people

who

are highly educated. The evange l ists need

your prayers that God

.wi make

their work to be

effective.

They

baptize

many

people each week and the new Christians

also need your prayers.


13/14

CHILDREN

AND

YOUTH

Farm

Schools, Schools, Scripture Classes, Youth Groups and

Lomagundi

Sunday

School )

fn

the

past young

chi

ldren often were not sent to

school

because the parents

could

not

afford the

school

fees

or if they wer

a girl

t

did not

seem

important

for them to attend.

The

new

government

has encouraged al l chi

ldren

to attend

school.

Zimbabwe

has

many government

schools, private schools, mission schools

and farm schools. The farm

school

is usual ly provided by an

individual

farmer for

the

chi ldren of his farm

workers

and is

often

held in a vacant

tobacco

barn,

homemade brick or mud

bui

lding or

in

a nice

adequate

bui

lding

furnished

by the

farmer. Sometimes there is one teacher

for al

the grades or

at

the most

three

teachers for

grades

through 7. But

the

chi ldren learn

qpd

love school. Some

chi ldren walk

as

much

as

10

mi

les or

ride bicycles to

school.

In

the

past

Chinhoyi Mission Evangel ists have overseen or supervised the

work

of the farm schools

many times also

estabI

ishing

a

church

meeting

at

the

school through the chi ldren

and their parents.

Government

schools are supported

by

the government and exist in

al

l cities

and bush areas of

the

country.

Mission schools

are run by individual mission

groups but many of these have now been turned over to the government.

In

al schools time is

set aside for

scripture classes.

The

government

has

publ

ished

materials which are being used as

the curriculum

for teaching

these

classes. But in every school

in most places

the

missionaries

are

invited

to

teach scripture

to

the chi

ldren. In

Chinhoyi High

School and the

Primary School

each

day

begins

with an assembly

in

which

prayer and scripture reading and singing

of

hymns plays

an important

part.

Zimbabwe chi

ldren

are

wel discipl ined and

very pol ite.

When

a

teacher

enters a room

immediately al

l the chi

ldren

stand

up and

greet

the teacher.

Often

when

a

school

chi

ld is

walking downtown and a

teacher passes them they wi l stop and salute the teacher.

The

chi ldren al l

wear

uniforms to represent their particular school and must

fol

low a

very

strict

dress code-

Through

connections in the schools with the chi

ldren, youth

groups and

out

of church Sunday Schools have been started. Each

Friday

night during the school

terms a

youth

meeting

is held

at Hi l lside

Chapel for

primary age

young

people.

This

is a time of fel lowship

and

teaching for the chi ldren

and

is wel

l

attended.

For

the past

four

years,

Hi l lside Chapel has been responsible for a Sunday

Afternoon Sunday

School

meeting at a

primary

school

in

downtown Chinhoyi. Miss

Judy

Pickett,

Dale

Alarshal

l

s

secretary,

directs

the

work of

this Sunday School

.

The

chi ldren

who

attend Lomagundi Sunday School come from

a

background

of Hindu,

Moslem,

Cathol ic and nothing. Some of the chi

ldren

walk from as far away as 2

mi les because they love to come

for

the Bible lessons displayed

in

fIanneI

graph,

puppet plays and other activities. The chi ldren love to

sing

songs

in

both

Engl ish and Shona

as

several of the chi ldren are under school

age

and

do

not

understand

Engl ish.

On

the

whole

the chi ldren

are

very

interested

in learning and

there

is a

golden opportunity

for

teaching

them the gospel. Pray that more

doors

wi l l

be

opened

to

continue

to

work with

the

youth

of Zimbabwe.


14/14

YOUR PART

IN WHAT GOD IS

DOING AROUND THE WORLD

TODAY

This week y o u have learned

about

t h e

Mission v ; o r k

i n Zimbabwe, Africa. Today

w e

would

ike to talk about just what y o u could d o to

help missionaries

a l l ove r

t h e w o r l d b e c a u s e

c hi l d r e n o f t e n

f e e l

t h a t t h e r e is n o t

a n y t h i n g

t h e y c a n

d o t o b e

a

p a r t

o f

t h e C h u r c h s

m i s s i o n p r o g r a m .

I n

s o m e c o u n t r i e s

o f

the w o r l d a n d

especia l

l y

i n

Zi m b a b w e i t is imp ossible to

p u r c h a s e g o o d S u n d a y S c h o o l m a t e r i a l s . I n

A m e r i c a

y o u h a v e

s u c h

n i c e S u n d a y S c h o o l

a n d V a c a t i o n Bi b l e Sch o o l m a t e r i a l s .

Yo u

c o u l d

b e

v e r y c a r e f u l o f h o w

y o u

t a k e

c a r e

of those materials and keep them clean a n d n e a t a n d when y o u are finished with

them,

send them to a

missionary. Sometimes churches

send

materials that have been

b a d l y m i s t r e a t e d

a n d

r e a l l y a r e o f v e r y

i t t l e

u s e t o t h e m i s s i o n a r y .

Y o u c a n p r a y

f o r

t h e m i s s i o n a r i e s a n d t h e p e o p l e t h a t t h e y w o r k w i t h .

T n e r e

a r e m a n y p r o b l e m s t o b e f a c e d o n t h e m i s s i o n f i e l d a n d w h e n m a n y

C h r i s t i a n s

a r e

p r a y i n g

t h e

proble ms can

b e

solved

so m u c h easier. Perhaps

y o u

t h i n k t h a t

y o u r

p r a y e r

w o u l d

b e

o f

l

i t t l e h e l p

t o

t h e

m i s s i o n a r y

b u t

e v e r y p r a y e r

i s

f e l t , p e r h a p s

w e

don t know who i s praying b u t we c a n

f e e l t h a t someone

i s praying

f o r

us.

Pray

for the missionary or the mission field individual l y and b y name. Perhaps you

c o u l d g e t a l i s t o f

t h e

m i s s i o n a r y ' s n e e d s

o r

p r o b l e m s f r o m

t h e i r

f o r w a r d i n g a g e n t

a n d p r a y f o r t h o s e s p e c i f i c things.

You

can

give towards missions w h e n e v e r t h e r e

i s a n

opportunity

f o r y o u to

do

so. Many t i m e s c h i l d r e n i n A m e r i c a d o

n o t

g i v e t o

missions

b e c a u s e t h e y

say

t h e y

have no money but y e t t h e y spend

m i

i o n s o f

d o l

l a r s on

candy,

i c e

cream

and toys

e a c h

y e a r w h e n

t h e r e

a r e c h i l d r en

i n

o t h e r l a n d s s t a r v i n g a n d w i t h o u t clothes.

Y o u

s a y b u t

h o w c a n t h e

f e w

p e n n i e s o r n i c k l e s

o r

d i m e s g i v e h e l p ? f

t h e

c h i

l d r e n

i n a l l

the

churches woul d go without candy or

ice

cream for

a

w e e k i t would

a m o u n t t o

thousands

o f d o l l a r s

a n d t h u s

h e l p a

g r e a t

d e a l

You can w r i . t e to a Missio na ry a nd t e l l them you a r e pra ying for them a n d

also

t e l l t h e m

w h a t

y o u r c h u r c h i s d o i n g . M i s s i o n a r i e s e n j o y r e c e i v i n g m a i l f r o m h o m e

a n d e s p e c i a l

l y t o

k n o w t h a t o t h e r s

a r e

p r a y i n g f o r t h e m . B e w i

l

l

i n g t o

w r i t e l e t t e r s

b u t

w i

l

l i n g

n o t t o

r e c e i v e

l e t t e r s

i n r e t u r n .

M i s s i o n a r i e s

a r e v e r y b u s y a n d t h e y

a p p r e c i a t e

r e c e i v i n g l e t t e r s t h a t d o n o t n e c e s s a r i

l y

h a v e

t o b e

a n s w e r e d .

T h e y

a p p r e c i a t e k n o w i n g

t h a t p e o p l e a r e

r e a l

i y i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e m a n d t h e L o r d

s w o r k .

V J h e n y o u

t e l

t h e m w h a t

y o u r c h u r c h o r

S u n d a y

S c h o o l i s

d o i n g

i t s o m e t i m e s h e l p s

t h e m t o

h a v e

i d e a s t o u s e in t h e ir w o r k o n t h e A M s s io n f i e l d .

I n

some countries

there are many starving and naked people. Especial

l y i n

Zimbabwe

w e ha v e had sev er a l

hard y e a r s ,

when the wa r en d ed ma ny peo pl e had

n o

c l o t h e s o r f o o d . I n 1981-82

a n d i n 1983 there

has

be e n

v ery

l

ittle

r ain which

m e a n s

v e r y i t t l e c r o p s w h i c h m e a n s v e r y l i t t l e

f o o d

a n d

n o

e x t r a c r o p s t o s e l l t h a t

t h e y

m i g h t b u y c l o t h e s . Y o u

c a n t a k e g o od

c a r e o f y o u r c l o t h e s a n d

w h e n

y o u c a n n o

l o n g e r

w e a r

t h e m y o u c a n p a c k a g e

t h e m

u p a n d s e n d

t h e m t o

t h e m i s s i o n a r y

t o b e

u s e d b y

t h e

c hi l d r e n

w h o

h ave

n o

c l o t h e s at a l

l

Chi l d r e n s c l o t h e s a r e especial l y n e e d e d a n d

m o s t f a m i

l

i e s h a v e m a n y c h i l d r e n a n d i t i s h a r d

f o r

t h e m t o b u y

c l o t h i n g

f o r

a l l

t h e f a m i 1 y.

L a s t l y , a s y o u l e a r n

a b o u t

m i s s i o n s y o u m a y w a n t

t o p l a n y o u r l i v e s

n o w t h a t

y o u

m i g h t

o n e

d a y b e

a b l e t o s e r v e o n

t h e

m i s s i o n

f i e l d f o r t h e

L o r d .

A m i s s i o n a r y

i s

n o t j u s t a p r e a c h e r b u t t h e r e i s a n e e d o n t h e

f i e l d

f o r p e o p l e

t h a t

c a n d o a l

k i n d s

o f

t h i n g s , s u c h a s A l e c h a n i c s , B u i

l d e r s ,

T e a c h e r s ,

P r e a c h e r s ,

S e c r e t a r i e s ,

Doctors,

N u r s e s

a n d

b o o k e e p e r s . T h e r e

i s

m u c h w o r k t o b e d o n e a n d

i t

t a k e s

a l

kinds of

talents to do i t . A

f e w

years

ago.

Dale

A \ a r s h a l

l was a

l

ittle b o y i n

t h e P l a i n v i e w C h u r c h j u s t a s

y o u

a r e

t o d a y . Y o u c a n h a v e

a n e x c i t i n g

a n d

r e w a r d i n g

i f e

i f y o u w i l l g i v e y o u r s e l f t o J e s u s . S t a r t n o w t o

d e d i c a t e

y o u r l i f e t o

s e r v e

the

Lord in whatever way

He can use

you

pickett judith 1982 zimbabwe

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